... seem is but a dream within a dream." This strain in Poe's thinking and philosophical outlook leads us to psychology of his inner personality and is also one of the key techniques he employed in writing most of his stories. The present study tries to apply traces of psychoanalysis in the short story "The Oval Portrait" using specific technical terms ... inner feelings and thoughts which oozed out on the paper and if possible to argue about his conscious or unconscious intentions for writing this particular tale. 2. Gothic Literature The Gothic, a literary movement that focused on ruin, d...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate